Hammer in her left hand, sword in her right, the eldest sister is connected to both worlds.

Chapter 577 Both sides were terrified

"Thunderous Might..."

Xue Lan, carrying the Xuan Sha Spear, went to a distant place again. This time, she returned before even finishing reciting a decree. The woman placed the black spear, now imbued with malevolent energy, into Ji Jinjin's hand and said lightly:

"It was a little disobedient just now, but it's okay, your senior sister has already disciplined it for you."

Feeling the Xuan Sha Spear tremble continuously, Ji Jinjin stiffly offered her thanks:

"Thank you, senior sister."

Xue Tong waved his hand with considerable pride:

"No need to thank me, no need to thank me. A qualified weapon refiner is responsible for the things he refines."

It was her duty to provide free deterrence against the demonic thoughts within the gun.

After finishing her last task at Duanshui Pass, Xue Lan gave Ji Jinjin a bright smile, her round almond-shaped eyes curving into two swimming goldfish:

"Alright, the rain has stopped, it's time for us to get going."

Ji Jinjin looked up at the sky before Duanshui Pass. The light drizzle had stopped sometime earlier, and the sky was gradually brightening. The sky above Duanshui Pass was a clear, azure blue, while the depths of the desolate region that Xue Lan and the others were about to head to were covered by a dark, oppressive dome, like a bottomless maw that would chew up and swallow everything that had strayed into it.

But Xue Lan was not afraid at all. Her senior sister had a relaxed and carefree smile on her face. After saying goodbye, she transformed into a swift black light and flew into the depths of the desolate region.

Then there's Xue Tong, Shen Suanzhen, Lu Feng, and the girl in black whose name she doesn't know.

The various colors of light were dazzling, like a meteor shower plunging into the darkness.

Only after Xue Lan and the others had flown more than a hundred miles away, and the light of the magic could no longer be seen with the naked eye, did Ji Jinjin and the other two slowly withdraw their gaze.

The woman in red lightly kicked the tail of the Xuan Sha Spear with her heel. The jet-black spear spun halfway in mid-air before being carried behind Ji Jinjin's back. Min Chang saw Ji Jinjin's crimson phoenix eyes, which still held a hint of thunderous power, burning with boundless fighting spirit.

The two women exchanged a glance, then returned to their respective positions to continue contributing to the operation of this massive human fortress.

Boundless demonic fog arose in the desolate region, and the situation worsened after the frequent disappearances of demonic souls. Xue Lan and the others flew less than two hundred miles forward before finding themselves in a state of complete darkness.

Lu Feng's voice appeared in Xue Lan's ear:

"This fog can block a person's consciousness."

"stop."

Xue Lan gently raised her hand to stop the people behind her from moving forward. Then, the woman took out the Demon Transformation Pill that Master Xuanji had given her from her sleeve:

"There are many powerful demons in this desolate region. There might be something in this mist that we cannot contend with. Just to be on the safe side, let's all take the Demon Transformation Pills first."

As she spoke, Xue Lan opened the small bottle, and with a slight movement of her fingertips, several crimson pills flew out and slowly floated in front of everyone.

Looking at the sinister pill that exuded demonic energy, Lu Feng hesitated to take a bite.

But when he looked up, he saw that the people around him had already finished eating the Demon Transformation Pill, and their bodies were emanating a strong demonic aura.

"Why aren't you eating?" Xue Tong asked, looking at Lu Feng.

Do you want me to feed you?

Upon hearing this, Lu Feng shuddered, and the young man quickly swallowed the Demon Transformation Pill:

"No, no, no."

"Alright." Xue Lan patted Lu Feng's shoulder, a gentle smile on her face:

"Although the Demon Transformation Pill looks scary, it is a genuine eighth-grade pill, and there are very few people in the entire Yuanming Lower Realm who can successfully refine it. It has no disadvantages and only benefits."

As soon as Xue Lan finished speaking, Lu Feng felt a warm current flowing from the inside out within his dantian.

The young man quickly examined his internal organs and saw a warm golden barrier slowly appear outside his dantian, protecting the entire dantian. At the same time, an extremely domineering demonic energy suddenly appeared outside the young man's dantian, circulating through his meridians.

"Demonic energy is in my meridians." Lu Feng's voice carried a faint fear, and his entire body exuded a sense of death as he spoke.

"Won't I really be corrupted by demonic energy if this continues?"

He had originally wanted to ask Xue Lan if she wanted to kill him in this way as a legitimate reason, but in the end he didn't ask.

"will not."

Xue Lan stepped forward and grabbed Lu Feng's arm:

"The demonic energy is not in your meridians. You currently have two sets of meridians in your body."

"Two sets of meridians?" Lu Feng's mouth dropped open in surprise, while Xue Lan couldn't help but chuckle softly.

"Talking as we walk."

To ensure everyone's safety in the demonic mist, the group rode together on a flying cloud for the rest of the journey. The Wolf King, who always boasted of valuing his life, waved his hand and took out several magical artifacts to conceal his aura and blur his energy, arming the flying cloud in layers.

Xue Tong wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but under Xue Lan's layers of large and small formations and restrictions, the cloud beneath her feet seemed to be moving much slower.

The girl couldn't help but softly ask Xue Lan:

"Is this considered an illegal structure?"

"I feel like it's starting to lose its grip on us."

Xue Lan glanced at Xue Tong, and the studious wolf king instantly went online: "What is an illegal building?"

“In my world, houses are not allowed to be built on top of each other. What you’ve built is an illegal structure.”

Xue Tong looked at Feiyun at her feet with some sympathy: "Look, even the cloud is getting thin from exhaustion."

Xue Lan followed the girl's gaze and glanced at the soles of her feet, then continued doing as she pleased:

"It's a flying cloud, it won't get thin."

After saying that, she continued her disguise.

"Alright, Xue Lan, that's enough!"

Seeing Xue Lan set up the forty-second defensive magic artifact on the flying cloud, and then reach into her sleeve to take out the forty-third one, Xue Tong finally lost her temper.

The girl grabbed Xue Lan's sinful hand directly:

"Alright, it's just a flying cloud, not a flying foundation."

"You're practically building the entire Xuanhuang Sect on top of it."

Xue Lan glanced at her setup: "Actually, I think..."

"Didn't Lu Feng have a question for you just now?" Xue Tong interrupted Xue Lan, then frantically tried to wink at Lu Feng.

Xue Tong: "Just say something, just tell her not to continue the renovation."

Having received Xue Tong's instructions, Lu Feng spoke slowly and deliberately:

"Weren't you going to tell me about the two sets of meridians?"

"This!" Xue Lan admired her own amazing arrangement for a moment, and thought Xue Tong was right, this would do. The woman took out a small stool from her sleeve and sat down, then quickly grabbed Lu Feng's arm.

Lu Feng: "What are you going to do?"

Xue Lan didn't speak, but gently tapped Lu Feng's palm, startling him so much that he immediately closed his eyes.

But the expected pain did not come. The young man felt a tingling sensation in his palm, as if a small worm was slowly crawling on his wrist and then slowly moving upwards, emerging from his collar.

"Lu Feng!" Xue Tong's somewhat strange voice reached the young man's ears:

"Don't open your eyes..."

Lu Feng suddenly opened his eyes and met them directly with a centipede that had at least forty-five legs.

"Aaaaaaaaaaa!"

"Aa ...

Two equally piercing screams echoed across the entire gray sky.

Lu Feng screamed and flew several meters backward before crashing directly into the barrier set up by Xue Lan, making a loud "thud".

Xue Tong covered her eyes in distress: "I told you not to open your eyes."

Lu Feng's head was buzzing from the impact, and the centipede was also in bad shape. It shrieked and jumped from Lu Feng back onto Xue Lan, its blood-red eyes looking at Lu Feng with full vigilance.

"What is this?" Lu Feng raised his other finger and pointed at Xue Lan:

"Have you finally decided to murder me?"

"Young man, you shouldn't say that," Xue Lan said, pointing at Lu Feng.

"Why would I need to murder you?"

When Xue Lan said this, her tone was three parts mockery and seven parts coldness, which immediately reminded Lu Feng that the person in front of him was not a disciple from the lower realm at all.

The young man's burning anger was extinguished in an instant, as if doused with a bucket of ice water.

"What is it?" The young man pointed to the centipede on Xue Lan's shoulder, his tone tinged with lingering fear.

"Gu!" Xue Lan released Lu Feng's wrist and took the centipede off his shoulder.

Lu Feng then noticed that the centipede, which looked terrifying from the front, had a stunningly beautiful back. A blood-red pattern extended from the back of its head all the way to its tail, with symmetrical pink and purplish-red arc patterns growing on both sides, resembling the colorful ribbons that mortal women liked to tie in their hair.

Lu Feng wanted to make amends for his earlier lapse in composure, but the young man gave a stiff smile as he looked at the centipede:

"It looks quite pretty from this angle."

As he spoke, the young man cautiously took a step toward Xue Lan.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah!"

The small step startled the centipede in Xue Lan's hand again. Lu Feng saw it scream and stand up to climb onto Xue Lan's shoulder, hiding on a strand of her hair. From a distance, it really looked like a brightly colored hair ribbon.

Xue Tong, who had been standing at a distance, spoke slowly with a blank face: "I can tell that both of you are quite scared."

Lu Feng looked at Xue Lan with a puzzled expression: "Why is it afraid?"

He opened his eyes to find himself face to face with a centipede. It was one thing for it to scream, but why should it be afraid?

"Who knows?" Xue Lan revealed a sly smile:

"Maybe it's because you're too ugly."

"You're talking nonsense," Lu Feng immediately retorted to Xue Lan.

"I've been a rogue cultivator for years and people call me a pretty boy. Don't I know what I look like?"

Xue Lan stared at the man's striking face for several breaths, then finally said with a wicked smile, "Maybe centipedes are different from humans? In its eyes, you're just ugly."

Lu Feng realized once again that he couldn't outwit Xue Lan in verbal sparring. The young man glanced at the small patch of vibrant color peeking out from behind the woman's hair.

"What kind of Gu is it?"

"A Gu poison that can kill you." Upon hearing this, Xue Lan slightly curled the corners of her lips and looked into Lu Feng's eyes:

"Let me examine your meridians."

Lu Feng was startled. The young man quickly circulated his spiritual energy to check his meridians, then raised a hand to Xue Lan with a terrified expression:

"Two sets of meridians!"

On the back of the young man's raised hand, the veins that should have been hidden within the flesh had surfaced, revealing an eerie, jet-black color. Like...

Lu Feng's voice trembled slightly: "The energy flowing inside is still demonic!"

"The effects of the Demon Transformation Pill." Xue Lan nodded calmly, a dark glint flashing in his gray eyes.

"It can reshape a set of meridians in your body to circulate demonic energy. This set of meridians is different from those of humans and demons. It usually has some nodes that can be used to place the demonic core, hidden under your original meridians."

The woman gently raised her hand to soothe the little one behind her hair:

"This is a souvenir I brought back from Chonggu Village. It's a young Qihua Yincai centipede, a highly venomous Gu that can unknowingly strip away a person's meridians and devour them."

So you still want to kill me!

"Don't tell me you stole it!"

Lu Feng and Xue Tong's voices rang in Xue Lan's ears at the same time, and a happy smile appeared on Xue Lan's face:

"Don't talk nonsense, I'm not that kind of person."

She brought this little guy along not to kill Lu Feng.

As for the origin of this little centipede...

She's a virtuous and upright person, how could she steal other people's things?

It's just that they have a good habit of carrying souvenirs everywhere.

Looking at the confident expression on Xue Lan's face, Xue Tong thought to herself, "I don't believe you for a second."

But then I thought about it again, and it's normal for someone like Xue Lan, who would grab a handful of dirt even in front of the City God Temple, to shovel dirt wherever he goes.

Having spent a lot of time with Lord Wolf, Xue Tong, besides being a top-tier white wolf groomer in the Yuanming Realm and a master of guiding those who are stubborn, has also developed a calm and collected attitude, like lying on the ground when faced with problems.

The level of acceptance is higher than ever before.

"Why aren't you that kind of person?!" Lu Feng was practically on the verge of tears.

"Did you intend to kill me back at Sunset Mountain? Thank you for letting me stay for so long."

Xue Lan looked at Lu Feng with some confusion and asked, "Didn't you want to see the so-called two meridians?"

The Qihua Yincai centipede, which had been quite frightened by Lu Feng earlier, calmed down considerably under Xue Lan's soothing words. The little creature obediently lay in Xue Lan's palm, its tail wrapped around her wrist.

"Because you wanted to see it, I had it bring out the meridians you fabricated."

"If you want to die, you can lie down properly, and I'll let it go up and take a few bites."

Upon hearing this, the centipede on Xue Lan's wrist quickly raised its head, its two light purple antennae twitching as if asking Xue Lan:

"Is it okay? Can I really go up and have a couple of bites?"

Lu Feng felt a chill run down his spine, and the young man slowly took two steps forward:

"Maybe we shouldn't," the young man said sheepishly, deciding never to ask Xue Lan questions again.

She genuinely answered the question, but the way she answered it was a bit too shocking.

The young man held up his hand, with its veins exposed, in front of Xue Lan:

"What do we do now? I can't keep going like this. Even if all the demons are complete idiots, they'll realize something's wrong."

"It's not important, it will be fine in a while."

Xue Lan tucked the centipede back into her sleeve, then slowly stepped forward and grasped Lu Feng's wrist, revealing a "gentle and warm" smile:

"Lu Feng".

Sometimes I feel like I've let you down.